Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview... an ex-student still living on a student's budget. Rasholnikov might not study law any longer, but that's only because he has enough trouble keeping himself fed. Stressed, depressed, and on the verge of starving, Rasholnikov is starting to consider desperate measures to get out of this mess – even murder.
Personality... intelligent and thoughtful, but troubled. It's hard to peg Rasholnikov as either "good" or "bad," since he's capable of both great kindness and horrific cruelty. But his temper makes him mercurial and in his attempts to become a "great man," Rasholnikov might be sliding closer and closer to villainy.
Get to Know him in...
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A modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted by the murder he has committed.
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Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders alone through the slums of St. Petersburg, deliriously imagining himself above society's laws. But when he commits a random murder, only suffering ensues. Embarking on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption.
